Table 3.
Incident episodes (n, %), cumulative incidence (I) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) of aggression according to sociodemographic and occupational variables, by time period* and sex.
| Women | Men | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-COVID-19 | COVID-19 baseline | COVID-19 endline | Pre-pandemic | Pre-COVID-19 | COVID-19 baseline | ||||||||
| n (%) | I (95% CI) | n (%) | I (95% CI) | n (%) | I (95% CI) | n (%) | I (95% CI) | n (%) | I (95% CI) | n (%) | I (95% CI) | ||
| Total | 197 | 6.8 | 174 | 6.0 | 146 | 5.1 | 46 | 4.6 | 53 | 5.3 | 44 | 4.4 | |
| (6.0; 7.8) | (5.2; 7.0) | (4.3; 5.9) | (3.4; 6.1) | (4.1; 6.8) | (3.3; 5.8) | ||||||||
| Age (years) | 18–30 | 50 (25.4) | 7.6 | 40 (23.0) | 6.7 | 42 (28.8) | 8.1 | 14 (30.4) | 5.3 | 15 (28.3) | 6.5 | 10 (22.7) | 5.0 |
| (5.8; 9.9) | (4.9; 9.0) | (6.0; 10.8) | (3.2; 8.7) | (3.9; 10.5) | (2.7; 9.0) | ||||||||
| 31–50 | 97 (49.2) | 7.1 | 94 (54.0) | 6.8 | 67 (45.9) | 4.8 | 27 (58.7) | 5.8 | 29 (54.7) | 6.1 | 27 (61.4) | 5.6 | |
| (5.9; 8.6) | (5.6; 8.3) | (3.8; 6.1) | (4.0; 8.3) | (4.3; 8.6) | (3.9; 8.1) | ||||||||
| 51–70 | 50 (25.4) | 5.8 | 40 (23.0) | 4.4 | 37 (25.3) | 3.8 | 5 (10.9) | 1.8 | 9 (17.0) | 3.0 | 7 (15.9) | 2.2 | |
| (4.5; 7.6) | (3.3; 6.0) | (2.9; 5.2) | (0.8; 4.3) | (1.6; 5.7) | (1.0; 4.5) | ||||||||
| p-value(a) | 0.359 | 0.047 | 0.001 | 0.038 | 0.116 | 0.056 | |||||||
| Type of contract | Permanent | 149 (75.6) | 6.7 | 127 (73.0) | 5.6 | 111 (76.0) | 4.8 | 31 (67.4) | 4.0 | 37 (69.8) | 4.6 | 33 (75.0) | 4.1 |
| (5.7; 7.8) | (4.7; 6.6) | (4.0; 5.7) | (2.8; 5.6) | (3.4; 6.3) | (2.9; 5.7) | ||||||||
| Temporary | 18 (9.1) | 8.4 | 3 (1.7) | 3.8 | 1 | 1.3 | 3 (6.5) | 3.8 | 2 (3.8) | 6.1 | 0 | - | |
| (5.3; 12.9) | (1.2; 11.1) | (0.7) | (0.2; 8.4) | (1.2; 11.3) | (1.5; 21.6) | ||||||||
| Replacement | 29 (14.7) | 6.9 | 44 (25.3) | 8.6 | 34 (23.3) | 7.1 | 12 (26.1) | 8.0 | 14 (26.4) | 8.3 | 11 (25.0) | 6.7 | |
| (4.8; 9.7) | (6.5; 11.4) | (5.1; 9.8) | (4.6; 13.6) | (5.0; 13.6) | (3.7; 11.7) | ||||||||
| p-value(a) | 0.64 | 0.023 | 0.029 | 0.095 | 0.141 | 0.159 | |||||||
| Occupational category | Physicians | 11 (5.6) | 3.0 | 17 (9.8) | 4.5 | 10 (6.8) | 2.5 | 3 (6.5) | 1.1 | 3 (5.7) | 1.1 | 2 (4.5) | 0.7 |
| (1.7; 5.3) | (2.8; 7.1) | (1.3; 4.6) | (0.3; 3.3) | (0.3; 3.3) | (0.2; 2.7) | ||||||||
| Nurses and aides | 161 (81.7) | 9.0 | 136 (78.2) | 7.6 | 111 (76.0) | 6.2 | 32 (69.6) | 11.1 | 35 (66.0) | 12.3 | 27 (61.4) | 9.3 | |
| (7.8; 10.4) | (6.5; 8.9) | (5.2; 7.4) | (8.0; 15.4) | (8.9; 16.6) | (6.5; 13.3) | ||||||||
| Other healthcare workers | 12 (6.1) | 3.5 | 17 (9.8) | 5.2 | 14 (9.6) | 4.6 | 6 (13.0) | 2.3 | 9 (17.0) | 3.4 | 9 (20.5) | 0.4 | |
| (2.0; 6.1) | (3.2; 8.2) | (2.7; 7.6) | (1.0; 5.0) | (1.8; 6.5) | (1.9; 6.8) | ||||||||
| Administration and management staff | 13 (6.6) | 3.4 | 4 (2.3) | 1.0 | 11 (7.5) | 2.9 | 5 (10.9) | 2.8 | 6 (11.3) | 3.4 | 6 (13.6) | 3.4 | |
| (2.0; 5.7) | (0.4; 2.7) | (1.6; 5.1) | (1.2; 6.6) | (1.5; 7.4) | (0.2; 7.4) | ||||||||
| p-value(a) | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |||||||
| Work shift | Day | 162 (82.2) | 6.8 | 140 (80.5) | 5.9 | 115 (78.8) | 6.2 | 34 (73.9) | 4.0 | 39 (73.6) | 4.6 | 36 (81.8) | 4.3 |
| (5.9; 7.9) | (5.0; 6.9) | (4.3; 8.7) | (2.8; 5.5) | (3.3; 6.2) | (3.1; 5.9) | ||||||||
| Night | 34 (17.3) | 7.2 | 33 (19.0) | 7.0 | 30 (20.5) | 0.8 | 11 (23.9) | 8.3 | 12 (22.6) | 9.2 | 7 (15.9) | 5.3 | |
| (5.2; 9.9) | (5.0; 9.7) | (0.1; 5.8) | (4.6; 14.3) | (5.3; 15.5) | (2.6; 10.8) | ||||||||
| p-value(a) | 0.788 | 0.339 | 0.061 | 0.078 | 0.027 | 0.769 | |||||||
| Health center | Hospital del Mar (acute care) | 104 (52.8) | 5.5 | 84 (48.3) | 4.5 | 76 (52.1) | 4.1 | 24 (52.2) | 3.4 | 23 (43.4) | 3.2 | 21 (47.7) | 2.9 |
| (4.6; 6.7) | (3.6; 5.5) | (3.3; 5.1) | (2.3; 5.1) | (2.2; 4.8) | (1.9; 4.5) | ||||||||
| Hospital Esperança (acute care) | 12 (6.1) | 4.4 | 8 (4.6) | 2.9 | 6 (4.1) | 2.2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 1 (2.3) | 1.3 | |
| (2.5; 7.6) | (1.4; 5.6) | (1.0; 4.7) | (0.2; 8.5) | ||||||||||
| Fòrum center (long-term care and, psychiatric care) | 18 (9.1) | 7.6 | 18 (10.3) | 7.5 | 16 (11.0) | 6.8 | 2 (4.3) | 3.3 | 4 (7.5) | 7.4 | 3 (6.8) | 6.2 | |
| (4.8; 11.7) | (4.8; 11.6) | (4.2; 10.7) | (0.8; 12.5) | (2.8; 18.3) | (2.0; 17.8) | ||||||||
| Dr. Emili Mira Center (psychiatric care) | 47 (23.9) | 14.7 | 49 (28.2) | 15.4 | 39 (26.7) | 12.4 | 13 (28.3) | 12.3 | 19 (35.8) | 17.8 | 15 (34.1) | 14.3 | |
| (11.2; 19.0) | (11.8; 19.8) | (9.2; 16.6) | (7.2; 20.0) | (11.6; 26.2) | (8.8; 22.4) | ||||||||
| p-value(a) | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |||||||
*
Pre-COVID-19, COVID-19 baseline, post-COVID-19 periods.
(a)
p-value of the chi-square test for homogeneity.